Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheinton, Shropshire

Sheinton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Shropshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
MORRIS98.411237.78
HILL98.411233.03
WALL65.6075160.43
GOUGH65.6075191.08
BAILEY54.672931.02
FLETCHER54.672940.92
BRYAN54.6729187.97
GITTINS54.6729757.58
HARRIS54.672918.39
JONES43.73833.30
OWEN43.738331.50
LEE43.738322.87
CLINTON32.8037731.71
ROGERS32.803721.60
GARDENER32.8037156.25
THOMAS21.86924.53
PHILLIPS21.869210.45
LLOYD21.869216.01
HODNETT21.86922,222.22
HALL10.93463.18
PREECE10.934657.47
GOUCHER10.93461,666.67
WILLIAMS10.93461.30
DOBBS10.9346138.89
GRIFFIN10.934619.88
FAGAN10.9346196.08
WATERS10.934623.26
HUGHES10.93463.34
COOPER10.93463.84
TREVOR10.9346303.03
BEVAN10.934638.17
ROBERTS10.93462.48
EDWARDS10.93463.35
WARD10.93464.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HODNETT0.111072222.2222
GOUCHER0.111071666.6667
GITTINS0.11107757.5758
CLINTON0.11107731.7073
TREVOR0.11107303.0303
FAGAN0.11107196.0784
GOUGH0.11107191.0828
BRYAN0.11107187.9699
WALL0.11107160.4278
GARDENER0.11107156.2500
DOBBS0.11107138.8889
PREECE0.1110757.4713
FLETCHER0.1110740.9165
BEVAN0.1110738.1679
MORRIS0.1110737.7834
HILL0.1110733.0275
OWEN0.1110731.4961
BAILEY0.1110731.0174
WATERS0.1110723.2558
LEE0.1110722.8702
ROGERS0.1110721.5983
GRIFFIN0.1110719.8807
HARRIS0.1110718.3891
LLOYD0.1110716.0128
PHILLIPS0.1110710.4493
THOMAS0.111074.5300
WARD0.111074.2790
COOPER0.111073.8417
EDWARDS0.111073.3535
HUGHES0.111073.3356
JONES0.111073.3009
HALL0.111073.1766
ROBERTS0.111072.4845
WILLIAMS0.111071.3011

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 107 people called HODNETT in Sheinton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2222.2222 in Sheinton means that 2222.2222% of the people in Sheinton on census day were called HODNETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HODNETT in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called HODNETT as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called HODNETT here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called HODNETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Sheinton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HODNETT in Sheinton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheinton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BAILEY (5)  BEVAN (1)  BRYAN (5)  CHALLINGWORTH (1)  CLINTON (3)  COOPER (1)  CORFIELD (2)  DOBBS (1)  EDDOWES (2)  EDWARDS (1)  FAGAN (1)  FLETCHER (5)  GARDENER (3)  GITTINS (5)  GLAYTON (2)  GOUCHER (1)  GOUGH (6)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALL (1)  HARRIS (5)  HEIGHWAY (1)  HILL (9)  HODNETT (2)  HUGHES (1)  JONES (4)  LEE (4)  LLOYD (2)  MORRIS (9)  OWEN (4)  PHILLIPS (2)  PREECE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (3)  THOMAS (2)  TREVOR (1)  WALL (6)  WARD (1)  WATERS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)